A Short KS1 Writing unit based on the popular children’s picture book: The Pirates Next Door. The unit inspires quality, structured writing that meets the new KS1 writing KPis at Expected and Greater Depth Level The unit covers: Reading phase: inferring a character’s thoughts and actions Writing with a clear purpose and viewpoint Organising related ideas into sections and paragraphs short openings and endings past tense regular and irregular verbs using capital letters for proper nouns I started this unit with drama - getting into the role of the villagers and focusing on their viewpoint. How were they feeling when the Pirates arrived in town? Why were most villagers angry? What did they think? say? Then they completed the reading inference speech bubbles for 2 different character viewpoints. (see example) Then I held a council meeting for the residents of ‘Dull-On-Sea’ and the children were given a format to record the ‘notes of the meeting’ From the notes- they used a structured letter template to create a letter to the council complaining about the Pirates’ arrival. This was highly successful and created fantastic letters with clear viewpoints. The pack includes: 1x character though bubble recording sheet 1x example speech bubbles inferring a character viewpoint 1x template for council notes recording sheet 1x letter to council template/structured support sheet 1x word mat containing regular past tense verbs and character names from the book to support spelling. Powepoint for guided group work- exploring which phrases are preferable for persuassive writing. utube videolink for the audio book (free link via utube)

A powerpoint to share with a KS2 or KS3 class on Remembrance day/week. Contains key discussion points and war poetry to share and discuss. This promotes high quality Speaking and Listening. Used this in Year 6 and the poetry that was produced was of a very high standard.

Resources to support Quality Narrative Writing based around the Picture Book and short video clip of ‘Journey’ By Aaron Becker All resources designed to support the NEW reading and writing standards for the end of KS1. Includes: *inferring a character’s thoughts and feelings *expanded noun phrases *regular and irregular past tense verbs *selecting appropriate vocabulary to describe setting and characters *organising writing into sections/paragraphs *exclamation sentence writing *suffix -ment endings Pack includes: Speaking and listening phase: Character speech bubbles to describe character thoughts example speech bubble of character thoughts to use as a model text A3 Graphic Organiser planner to plan a narrative story of a section of the book (entering a castle) EXAMPLE NARRATIVE OPENING WITH KEY FEATURES to use as a model Word bank of regular and irregular verbs to support writing suffix: ment word list to support greater depth writers.

A Reading activity based on Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett Reading Activity aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Task covers retrieval, inference, comparison and personal response. Quality Questioning task covering 3 key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

6x In depth Guided Reading Comprehensions for guided group questioning or independent completion. Each comprehension is based on different sections across the text and covers different reading skills. Mainly AF2 Level 3 Reading Skills

A Reading activity based on Mrs Armitage on Wheels Quentin Blake task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One/ Lower Key Stage Two Taks is to list What Mrs Armitage needs for her bike and the cause and effect of this. Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on the popular picture book: A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson 3 key questions aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Questions cover retrieval, inference and personal response/empathy. Quality Questioning task covering 3 key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

KS1 Reading Assessment form to assess Expected Level Reading at end of KS1 based on NEW KS1 Reading KPIs / National Curriculum A 1:1 assessment format for teachers that contains ALL end of KS1 (Year 2) Reading KPIs to meet the Expected Standard Based on popular picture book: This Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown Assessement: Child reads the book 1:1 with teacher (Should be familiar with book and had it read before hand) Assessment sheet designed as tick sheet against national standards for expected level and space to record children's responses to inference questions. This form has been created using the exemplification materials from the STA for reading (online) as a guide and model.

Engaging Activity and recording sheets to learn about and compare the lives of 3 British Monarchs: Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria. Resources include: *A3 recording format with structured questions and space for responses *Key information facts for each Queen to use for Hot Seating Covers the NEW National curriculum strand for Primary History: *studying the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. * comparing aspects of life in different periods for example, Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria. Activity: children work in teams of 3- each take on the role of either: Queen Victoria, Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II. Using the relevant key facts card- ask each other 5 key questions (on recording format) and record responses from each other (structured hot seating) Research key events of the time for each monach and record on format.

A Reading activity based on the picture book: Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kotamura Character Comparison venn diagram aimed at Greater Depth Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One or Lower Key Stage Two based on Stone Age Topic. Reading skills based on new curriculum for English - Inference

A Reading activity based on Posh Watson by Gillian Cross 3 key questions aimed at Expected/Greater Depth Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One/ Lower Key Stage Two Questions cover retrieval, inference and personal response/empathy. Quality Questioning task covering 3 key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on IceCream Big Cat Guided reading Gold band Graves&Smith Non Fiction Retrieval questions aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Questions cover retrieval, inference and personal response. Quality Questioning task covering 3 key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

Reading Prediction task based on Shirley Hughes image of children at a beach rockpooling and exploring. Task requires children to interpret pictures and think of possible scenarios what will happen next? what are the dangers that the children could face and why?

A Reading activity based on the Graphic Novel An Egyptian Escape 3 key questions aimed at Greater Depth Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One/ Lower Key Stage Two Questions cover retrieval, inference and personal response/empathy. Quality Questioning task covering 3 key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on big cat book: Pet Detectives Ball Burglary inference task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on theOxford Reading tree Gold Level Book:William's Mistake Inference task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English. Tracking a character's feelings throughout the text using inference and providing evidence.

A Reading activity based on the Traditional tale: Rumpelstiltskin big cat reading books Reading task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Task covers retrieval, inference and personal response/empathy. Quality Questioning task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on theOxford Reading tree Gold Level Book: The Emergency Summary task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English. Summarising the main events of the Story template and providing a headline for the events!

A Reading activity based on the BIG CAT book: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Reading book A language inference task aimed at expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One/ Lower Key Stage Two Quality task covering key inference and language skills based on new curriculum for English.

A Reading activity based on theOxford Reading tree Gold Level Book: William and the dog Inference task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English. Tracking a characters feelings throughout the text using inference and providing evidence.

A Reading activity based on theOxford Reading tree Gold Level Book: Hamid does his best Inference task aimed at Expected Standard NEW curriculum end of Key Stage One Quality task covering key reading skills based on new curriculum for English. Tracking a characters feelings throughout the text using inference and providing evidence.